Cruisin' Tuesday

Tuesday was a day at sea . Poor Sarah had caught a stomach virus the day before the cruise. She was fine by the time we boarded, but sandy caught it that night and missed most of the day Tuesday. 

We hung out on lido deck most if huge day. 

Lots of eating!

Sweet friends! Sarah took excellent care of Luke... She's going to be an amazing mommy one day!

Luke, Henry and Griffin dancing

More putt putt, but no one minds taking the kids here, views were beautiful!

Meeting the Captain

Selfie!

Kids table

Yay! Sandy felt like dinner!

Mandy was awesome! She and miller were roomies. She takes care of the kids like they're her own. Probably because she loves them like they are her own!

Lobster for Nate!

Steak for Miller

Griffin, that looks yummy!

Karaoke! Nate's favorite

Bedtime!

Cruisin' Monday!

We boarded the boat at 1 and the kids were ready to check the boat out! 

It was beautiful!

Luke hit the pools!

Others played ping pong

And in the arcade

The fancy dinner every night was Luke's favorite!

Nate's favorite...salmon!

Trying escargot (snails)

A very windy putt putt game!

Show time!

All this in one afternoon!

Sunday

Sunday we said goodbye to Mark Denise Silas and Merritt. It was very sad. We had so much fun. Thanks for letting us invade your house. Nate slept in so we took a walk around Stetson while he snoozed. It's an awesome city and campus. 

We headed to Tampa. 

Lunch at Outback

Morrahs and Whitefords were next to arrive. 

Jones weren't far behind. 

Dinner

Elevator selfies

See ya soon!

Ready set cruise!

Saturday

What a great day we had!

As soon as we could get everyone going, we headed to a wildlife reserve. 

It was breathtaking!

Gators!!

Then we packed up and headed to New Smtrna Beach

We had a huge area to ourselves thanks to mark and Denise's friend allowing us to access the beach from her house. 

Jellyfish

Cuties!

Nate loved sitting in the edge of the surf watching and thinking. 

Nice squiggle castle!

Crab

Then we rinsed off in a beachside shower, changed clothes beside the car so we could be at this amazing restaurant called The Garlic when they opened at 4. 

They don't take reservations and its very popular. Thankfully we were there when the doors opened. 

We miss you Marlowe!

I cannot tell you how yummy this place was! I went off paleo immediately when they brought out crusty bread with huge bulbs of garlic that you spread on the bread like butter. 

Nate with his appetizer of mussels. 

Nate's place setting 

They're famous for their chickens :-)

Best buds!

I'm so glad she always wanted to ride in Aunt Joys Van

Cousins are the best!